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(Eagle News)–PDP-Laban officials met with three contenders for the speakership who are also their partymates on Tuesday, June 11. Based on a picture shared by Ron Munsayac, chair of the party’s public information committee, Davao Del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez, Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Velasco, and Pampanga Rep. Aurelio Gonzales had dinner with Senator Koko Pimentel, PDP-Laban president; and Senator Manny Pacquiao in his house in Makati. Also seen in the picture was 1-Pacman party-list […]
(Eagle News)–A Manila court has junked the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by the camp of Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center accused of processing PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. In a three-page order, Branch 20 Judge Marivic Basili-Umali said the “singular function of a petition for habeas corpus” after all was “to inquire into the cause of detention of a person.” “That there is no probable cause for the warrantless arrest […]
(Eagle News)–The National Bureau of Investigation has filed estafa and falsification of documents charges against Bryan Sy, owner of WellMed Dialysis Center, over the ghost dialysis mess. Also charged though were former employees Edwin Roberto and Liezel Aileen De Leon, who made the exposé. Other WellMed officials charged were Dr. John Ray Gonzales, medical director; Claro Sy, chairman; Alvin Sy, corporate treasurer; Dick Ong, administration officer; doctors Porshia Natividad and Joemie Soriano; and Sy’s wife […]
(Eagle News)–The camp of an owner of the WellMed Dialysis Center, which has been accused of processing PhilHealth medical benefits of deceased patients, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The wife of Bryan Sy applied for the writ, a safeguard against warrantless arrests and illegal detention, before Branch 20 of the Manila Regional Trial Court a day after he was arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation following reports of the […]
(Eagle News)–President Rodrigo Duterte is eyeing one Dr. Jaime Cruz as the new PhilHealth president. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made the revelation on Tuesday, June 11, a day after Duterte asked PhilHealth officials to submit their courtesy resignations following reports a medical facility in Quezon City was processing the PhilHealth benefits of deceased patients. Panelo said the President floated Cruz’s name during Monday’s Cabinet meeting. Earlier, Senator-elect Bong Go said Duterte, who was “saddened and […]
(Eagle News)–A yellow alert is in effect over the Luzon grid on Tuesday, June 11. The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines said the alert was in effect from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Available capacity was at 11,839 megawatts, while peak demand was at 10,921MW. “Details on the cause to be announced by the Department of Energy (DOE) later in the day,” the NGCP said.
(Eagle News) — The national ID system will be pilot-tested from September to December. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said this was based on a report from Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Ernesto Pernia and National Statistician Dennis Mapa during Monday’s Cabinet meeting presided over by President Rodrigo Duterte. “By the end of the President’s term in 2022, 107 million Filipinos are targeted to be registered,” Panelo said. Under Republic Act 11055 or the Philippine Identification Systems Act […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the transfer of general aviation and domestic flight operations from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport to Sangley Point in Cavite. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said Duterte gave the order during Monday’s Cabinet meeting, after he visited NAIA following reports of flight cancellations and delays. During the meeting, Panelo said the President also hinted at a revamp at NAIA, with airport security being handled by a single entity. […]
(Eagle News) — Senator Antonio Trillanes on Tuesday, June 11, presented what he said was evidence that proves he had nothing to do with an ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. In a press conference, Trillanes showed a video and what he said was an exchange between Peter Joemel Advincula, the man who claims to be “Bikoy” in the “Ang Totoong Narco-list” videos, and the people who gave him sanctuary. One of the text messages […]
(Eagle News)–Broadcaster Raffy Tulfo has been charged with bigamy. The charges, filed by Julieta Nacpil Licup, were filed before the Quezon City Prosecutors Office. Licup alleged Tulfo married Jocelyn Pua in 1995, even if Licup’s and the broadcaster’s marriage was still existing. Licup said she and Tulfo married in 1982. Tulfo has yet to issue a statement.
by Thomas URBAIN NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — A helicopter crash-landed on top of a high-rise in midtown Manhattan Monday, starting a fire and leaving one person dead as the entire building shook from the impact. Emergency services fanned out around the 54-story building on Seventh Avenue after what was described as a “hard-landing” by a chopper that took off barely 10 minutes earlier from a heliport in the city. The New York fire […]
(Eagle News)–An Intertropical Convergence Zone is affecting Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao on Tuesday, June 11. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said MIMAROPA, Visayas and Mindanao, as a result, will have cloudy skies with scattered rains and thunderstorms. Flash floods or landslides during severe thunderstorms are possible. Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon will also have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers, this time due to localized thunderstorms. Mindanao […]
